To J. D. Hooker   [31 May 1866]1

My dear H.

I forgot in my morning’s note2 to say that you began your note3 by saying that “the enclosed may amuse you”— Nothing was enclosed— I shd. much like to be amused, for my stomach & the whole Universe is this day demoniacal in my eyes— C. D.

The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to J. D. Hooker, 31 May [1866].
Letter to J. D. Hooker, 31 May [1866].

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-5107,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-5107